Does the Toyota Auris fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Toyota Auris records 10.99 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 10.23 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.76, 95% interval +0.70 to +0.83). It ranks 277 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Auris is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 21,608 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Auris: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	21,608	2.33
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	17,642	1.90
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	14,481	1.56
Parking brake inoperative on one side	7,307	0.79
Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn	6,419	0.69

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 928,274 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Toyota Auris gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

12.4% of Toyota Auris MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,728 miles later (159,756 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 159,756 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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